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Source Charles Babbage starts to work on the first computing engine known as the Difference Engine, but later died, only completing part of the machine. The government also stopped funding to the project.
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Source Konrad Zuse designes the Z1, which became the first freely programmable computer in the whole world. Which can also be considered the first working computer.
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eniac first(debatable) electronic computer, was a WWII project by Frances Bilas and Betty Jean Jennings. Used to quickly calculate equations so humans didn't have to do it.
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SOURCE IBM releases the IBM 701, the first mass- produced, commercially available computer. It was also known as "The Defense Calculator" before being released to the public.
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FORTRAN Fortran was created in 1957 by John Backus and IBM and is the oldest programming language still used. It is used to create most programming languages.
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COBOL Used by the U.S. Post Office, Cobol was developed by CODANSYL, ISO, and ANSI. It is used for business and applications.
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ARPANET Made first internet for Military Purposes and Eventually turned into today's internet. Began as an advanced research project.
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C C was created by Dennis Richie. It is most commonly used for the purpose of System Programming.
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Source Weighing 55, pounds, It was IBM's first minicomputer and the first commercial portable computer. Released 40 years ago.
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Source In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the first Apple computer: The Apple I. Later evolved into the Macintosh, which became the Mac.
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link Created by Bjarne Stroustrup. It is used for games, office apps and more. Developed in 1979.
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NSFNET It was started by the National Science Foundation. It Is important as a backbone to the ARPANET and Internet.
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java Java is a simple, object orientated language created by Sun microsystems. It is the most well known high-level language and is constantly being updated.
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Source Apple releases it's Mac OS while Microsoft releases Windows XP. These two would later compete on a much larger scale.
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Source Microsoft releases Windows 7 three years after the macbook pro. This became the best operating system on the market (at the time)
